Medical Transcription

Advantages provided by M-Scribe's state-of-the-art speech recognition technology include:

Faster turnaround - As fast as 2 hours
Consistency - Over 99% accuracy
Privacy - Assured HIPAA compliance
Value - Cost saving over other methods
Services - 24/7 in-house customer care
Compatibility - Adaptable to all systems
Flexibility - Custom features and reports
Satisfaction - 100% customer retention

Stimulus Subsidy

Everyone is excited about the Stimulus Subsidy (EHR Incentive Program), but there is confusion about the exact details, guidelines and requirements. M-Scribe is committed to helping its EMR/EHR clients navigate the bureaucracy and qualify for the subsidy.

The main objectives of the EMR/EHR section of the stimulus law (ARRA) are to:

Lower healthcare costs.

Reduce medical errors
Improve patient care.
Improve access to data.
Improve documentation quality.
Improve healthcare business intelligence (BI) programs.

Incentive for Physicians
Physician incentives are allocated in two different payment forms of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements in addition to grant programs. Physicians can start earning subsidy in 2011 by demonstrating “meaningful use” of EMR/EHR and can earn from $2,000 to $18,000 in a given year.

Three components of “meaningful use” involve the use of a certified EHR technology…
…in a meaningful manner, such as e-prescribing.
…for electronic exchange of health information to improve quality of healthcare.
…to submit clinical quality and other measures.

Objectives must be met.
To successfully demonstrate meaningful use, there are 15 required core objectives. Five more objectives may be chosen from a list of ten. For eligible hospitals and CAHs, there are a total of 24 meaningful use objectives. To qualify for an incentive payment, 19 of these 24 objectives must be met — 14 required core objectives and the remaining fives objectives from the list of ten.

Clinical Quality Measures
To successfully demonstrate meaningful use, eligible professionals, hospitals and CAHs are also required to report on 6 total clinical quality measures — 3 required core measures (substituting alternate core measures where necessary) and 3 additional measures (selected from a set of 38 clinical quality measures). Eligible hospitals and CAHs must report on all 15 of their clinical quality measures.

Call M-Scribe today (888.727.4234) to find out what you can do now to qualify.

For more details, see the following:
Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use
Video on EHR Incentive Program Basics
EHR Incentive Programs

Important Dates

January 1, 2011	—	Reporting year begins for eligible professionals.
January 3, 2011	—	Registration for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program begins.
January 3, 2011	—	For Medicaid providers, states may launch their programs if they so choose.
April 2011	—	Attestation for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program begins.
May 2011	—	EHR Incentive Payments expected to begin.
July 3, 2011	—	Last day for eligible hospitals to begin their 90-day reporting period to demonstrate meaningful use for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.
September 30, 2011	—	Last day of the federal fiscal year. Reporting year ends for eligible hospitals and CAHs.
October 1, 2011	—	Last day for eligible professionals to begin their 90-day reporting period for calendar year 2011 for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.
November 30, 2011	—	Last day for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals to register and attest to receive an Incentive Payment for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2011.
December 31, 2011	—	Reporting year ends for eligible professionals.
February 29, 2012	—	Last day for eligible professionals to register and attest to receive an Incentive Payment for calendar year (CY) 2011.